本片基于安德鲁·迈克尔·赫利所著小说，探索在超自然民间传说统治的世界中遗传的创伤和损失，设定在1970年代的英格兰乡村，理查德和朱丽叶夫妇过着田园诗般的家庭生活，这种稳定在他们儿子伊万开始表现出性格失常时陷入混乱，对曾经幸福的夫妻制造了不可逾越的隔阂。在他们偏远的家乡Starve Acre，考古学家理查德努力探索一个民间传说——他们土地上的古老橡树充满了非凡的力量。当妻子朱丽叶向当地社区寻求某种平静时，理查德痴迷于深入挖掘，一个意想不到的发现很快引起了这对夫妇的注意，而黑暗和险恶的力量在不知不觉中进入家中，为他们之间重新建立联系提供了令人不安的可能性。
A drunken call of nature on a generator turns just another night out for Frank into a nightmare. At hospital he's told that tests show he has a heart condition and may not make it to the weekend. With these words ringing in his ears, he sets out to drink and drug himself into a stupor, only to be visited by his younger self and challenged to answer the question: "What is the po...
